Death Registration Coverage Estimation

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Documentation for package ‘DDM’ version 1.0-0

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addcod append a '$cod' column if missing
adjustages adjust the range of ages used by 'ggbChooseAges()'
assignNoteCode a cheap way to choose which column to assign a 'NoteCode' to
avgDeaths if necessary divide deaths by intercensal interval
BrasilFemales Example data for Brasil females by federal states, years 1991 to 2000
BrasilMales Example data for Brasil males by federal states, years 1980 to 1991
cdmltw Coale-Demeny model life table: West
ddm run all three deaths registration coverage estimation methods
ddmplot get a quick overview of the different estimates produced
detectAgeInterval Detect the age interval for some demographic data
detectSex Detect the sex for some demographic data
eOpenCD estimate remaining life expectancy in the open age group
fakeDates assume Jan 1 if no month or day given
ggb estimate death registration coverage using the GGB method
ggbChooseAges interactively determine ages to use for estimating coverage
ggbcoverageFromAges given a set of ages, what is the implied death registration coverage?
ggbcoverageFromYear estimate death registration coverage for a single year/sex/region using the GGB method
ggbFittedFromAges make the growth-adjusted quasi life table columns required by GGB method
ggbgetAgesFit determine the age range that minimizes the mean squared error
ggbgetRMS calculate the root means square of the error to help find optimal age range
ggbMakeColumns make the growth-adjusted quasi life table columns required by GGB method
ggbseg estimate death registration coverage using the hybrid generalized growth balance and synthetic extinct generation
ggbsegCoverageFromYear estimate death registration coverage for a single year/sex/region using the modified Bennett-Horiuchi method
ggbsegMakeColumns make the Bennett-Horiuchi quasi life table columns required by the second estimation method
group01 group down standard abridged data in child mortality group
guessage which age is closest to the point clicked?
guessDeathsColumn Figure out which column is the deaths column
headerPrep a utility function to prep the header
HMDlogic Logical utility functions
HMDutils Logical utility functions
inUSR does a given pairlist of x and y coordinates fall within the plot region?
isLeapYear determine whether a year is a leap year.
logic Logical utility functions
Moz Example data for Mozambique females 1997-2007
reduceOpen chop down or group down the open age
seg estimate death registration coverage using the synthetic extinct generation method
segCoverageFromAges given a set of ages, what is the implied death registration coverage?
segCoverageFromYear estimate death registration coverage for a single year/sex/region using the Bennett-Horiuchi method
segMakeColumns make the Bennett-Horiuchi quasi life table columns required by the estimation method
segplot plot the age-pattern of coverage estimates
single2abr single ages to standard abridged ages
slopeint get the slope the slope and intercept implied by a set of ages
yint get interval as fraction of full years
yint2 get the time interval without having to specify so many arguments
ypart determine the proportion of a year passed as of a particular date